{"product_id":"the-populist-paradox-9780691002675","title":"The Populist Paradox","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of how money and interest group power actually affect direct legislation, this book reveals that big spending does not necessarily mean big influence. This book is a theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of the role of citizens and organized interests in the American legislative process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gerber's key finding—that citizen interest groups are more effective in using the initiative to alter the status quo, and that economic groups are more effective at preserving it—is an important amendment to the popular perception that interest groups now control the initiative process.\"\u003cb\u003e—Bruce E. Cain, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The questions raised in \u003ci\u003eThe Populist Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e are fundamental to our understanding of elections and representation and to the roles of citizens, organized interests, and elected officials. The book is well written and extremely well organized.\"\u003cb\u003e—Frank R. Baumgartner, Pennsylvania State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures   List of Tables xi  Acknowledgments xiii  1. What Is the Populist Paradox? 3  A Theory of Interest Group Influence 6  Motivation: The Study of Interest Group Influence 10  Justification: Why Study Direct Legislation? 15  Plan of the Book 19  2. Interest Group Choice 21  Forms of Influence 21  Interest Group Choice 27  Achieving Influence 30  Summary and Conclusions 36  3. Direct Legislation Hurdles 37  Achieving Direct Modifying Influence 38  Achieving Direct Preserving Influence  Achieving Indirect Modifying Influence 50  Achieving Indirect Preserving Influence: Opposing an Initiative to Signal the Legislature 52  Behavioral Hurdles 52  Summary and Conclusions 58  4. Group Characteristics and Resources 59  Monetary and Personnel Resources 59  Using Resources to Overcome Hurdles 60  Membership Characteristics 65  Classifying Groups and Their Resources 69  Hypotheses about Motivations and Forms of Influence 71  Summary 75  5. Motivations and Strategies 76  Methodology 76  What Do Groups Say They Do? 80  What Do Groups Actually Do? 93  Summary and Conclusions 100  6.Direct Policy Consequences 101  Direct Policy Consequences 101  Summary and Conclusions 119  7. Indirect Policy Consequences 121  State Policy Differences 122  Summary and Conclusions 136   8.The Populist Paradox: Reality Or Illusion? 137  Economic Group Limitations 137  Citizen Group Dominance 140  Implications for the Study of Direct Legislation 140  Implications for the Study Of Interest Group Influence 141  Positive versus Normative Implications 142  A Final Assessment 146  Appendixes 147  A. Direct Legislation Institutions 147  B. Survey Of Organizations 152  References 159  Index 165","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403666891095,"sku":"9780691002675","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-populist-paradox-9780691002675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}